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Hats make great gift projects, however, knowing what size circumference is right for your recipient can get a little confusing. The following hat size guide chart offers some guidelines. Do keep in mind that this serves as a reference, but every person is unique.
Circumference measurement is “actual size.” The finished circumference of your hat should be at 2-4″ smaller (negative ease) than the actual head circumference. How much negative ease depends on the stitch and yarn used for your hat. Very stretchy yarn/stitch pairings (i.e. wool worked in 2×2 ribbing) should have a larger amount of negative ease.
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The size guide is just a starting point, but you are right. An XL size could be helpful.
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It would be helpful! However, the blog doesn’t have PDF hosting capability.
If you right-click you can use “save image as”. If you have a Mac you can drag and drop the image onto your desktop.
Carol Fitzhugh
I work from an Android tablet which does not have a right click function. I could go to my Windows desktop and copy and paste, but that hardly seems worth the effort to fire it up for one table. I was able to download in .pdf format using PrintFriendly. You might want to investigate adding this button from the PrintFriendly website.
Lion Brand Yarn
Thanks for the tip!
Monica Marquez
Take a screenshot
Carey McAferty
Save to Pinterest
Eileen Herbert
Knitting hats for 2 12 – 14 yr old girls. Using two strands of double knit yarn – one with sparkles .Does thickness of yarn affect the size the hats will end up being ? Would rather slightly bigger than too snug.
Kathleen Capp
Very handy – I was able to “SAVE†on one of my Pinterest boards.